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condition based on number of answers? 3 years 2 weeks ago #41823

beckers OFFLINE Fresh Lemon Posts: 2 Karma: 0	Hi, I want to set the condition for a question based on the number of selected answers in a multiple options question. For example: question1 Select the fruits you like: (multiple options) - apples - oranges - limes ask question 2 when at least 2 options in question 1 are selected Is this possible?
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Re:condition based on number of answers? 3 years 2 weeks ago #41827

tpartner OFFLINE LimeSurvey Team Posts: 2853 Thank you received: 423 Karma: 243	Well, you could do it using condition scenarios but it would get a little onerous with more than 3 or 4 options in Q1: Show Q2 if: Q1=apples && Q1=oranges OR Q1=apples && Q1=limes OR Q1=oranges && Q1=limes If you have many options in Q1, it may be easier to put JavaScript listeners on the checkboxes of Q1 to show/hide Q2 depending on the number checked.
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Re: condition based on number of answers? 2 years 2 months ago #57964

JoyLaneResearch OFFLINE Fresh Lemon Posts: 16 Thank you received: 1 Karma: 0	I need to do it with ten fruits. Q1 - How many fruits do you like? Apples, Bananas, Clementines, Dates, ... Q2 (IF MORE THAN ONE FRUIT CHOSEN) - Which is your favorite? Any (practical) suggestions? Thanks!
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Re: condition based on number of answers? 2 years 2 months ago #57968

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This should do the trick if all questions are on the same page.

1) Create the first multi-opts question (Q1).

2) Create a short-text question (we'll call it qHidden and hide it with JavaScript later).

3) Create your conditional question (Q2) and make it conditional on qHidden = 1.

4) Add the following script to the souce of one of the questions or help text. Replace the following parameters in line 6:
- 11 = your Q1 ID
- 22 = your Q2 ID
- HH = your qHidden ID
- CC = The maximum number of checked boxes in Q1 BEFORE Q2 appears

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
	$(document).ready(function() {
 
		// Call the function
		// Params - Q1 ID, Q2 ID, Hidden question ID, max number of checked BEFORE Q2 shows 
		countChecked(11, 22, HH, CC);
 
		function countChecked(q1ID, q2ID, qHiddenID, count) {
 
			// Hide the hidden question
			$('#question'+qHiddenID+'').hide();
 
			// A listener on Q1 checkboxes
			$('#question'+q1ID+' input.checkbox').click(function () { 
 
				// Count the checked boxes and populate the hidden question accordingly
				if ($('#question'+q1ID+' input.checkbox:checked').length > count) {
					$('#question'+qHiddenID+' input.text').val(1);
				} 
				else {
					$('#question'+qHiddenID+' input.text').val(0);
				}
 
				// Fire the conditions function
				var hiddenInputValue = $('#question'+qHiddenID+' input.text').val();
				var hiddenInputName = $('#question'+qHiddenID+' input.text').attr('name');
				var hiddenInputType = $('#question'+qHiddenID+' input.text').attr('type');
				checkconditions(hiddenInputValue, hiddenInputName, hiddenInputType)
			});
		}
 
	});
 
</script>

Cheers,
Tony

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Re: condition based on number of answers? 1 year 8 months ago #65485

ttophen OFFLINE Fresh Lemon Posts: 9 Karma: 0	Is there a way to do this question by question?
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Re: condition based on number of answers? 1 year 8 months ago #65488

tpartner OFFLINE LimeSurvey Team Posts: 2853 Thank you received: 423 Karma: 243	Not with the JavaScript solution. The multiple-options and the hidden question need to be on the same page.
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Re: condition based on number of answers? 1 year 8 months ago #65492

ttophen OFFLINE Fresh Lemon Posts: 9 Karma: 0	Thanks for the quick response. I was able to place each question in its own group so it still displayed 1 question on a page and then I placed the multi-option question and the hidden in it's own group.
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Re: condition based on number of answers? 1 year 8 months ago #65493

tpartner OFFLINE LimeSurvey Team Posts: 2853 Thank you received: 423 Karma: 243	Cool. And it worked?
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Re: condition based on number of answers? 1 year 8 months ago #65495

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This will be much easier in LimeSurvey 1.92, which uses ExpressionManager.

Say your question about fruit is Q1, a "Multiple Choice Checkbox" type question (type M), with sub-questions A-J (for 10 different fruit).

The relevance for your follow-up question would be:

sum(Q1_A=="Y", Q1_B=="Y", ..., Q1_F=="Y") > 1

And the question could be:

You said you liked the following fruit:  {implode(", ", Q1_A, Q1_B, Q1_C, ... Q1_F)}.  Which do you like best?

The same strategy would work if you asked the questions across several pages - you'd just have different variable names.

This also works on the same page - so you could have the text of Q2 be dynamically updated as people change their answers to Q1.

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Re: condition based on number of answers? 1 year 8 months ago #65498

holch OFFLINE LimeSurvey Team Posts: 1973 Thank you received: 156 Karma: 80	@TMSWhite: Any prevision when LS 1.92 will come out?
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